Grounds
5. Dissolution of
Article
26. (2) The Federal Government may by order
marriage to her
deprive of her citizenship any woman who is a
Malaysian husband
citizen by registration under Clause (1) of Article
or acquirement,
15 if satisfied that the marriage by virtue of
by marriage, of a
which she was registered has been dissolved,
foreign citizenship
otherwise than by death, within the period of two
(for women who
years beginning with the date of the marriage.
obtained citizenship
by registration)
24. (4) If the Federal Government is satisfied
that any woman who is a citizen by registration
under Clause (1) of Article 15 has acquired the
citizenship of any country outside the Federation
by virtue of her marriage to a person who is not
a citizen, the Federal Government may by order
deprive her of her citizenship.
6. Fraud, false
26. (1) The Federal Government may by
representation,
order deprive of his citizenship any citizen by
concealment of
registration or by naturalization if satisfied that
information, or
the registration or certificate of naturalization—
mistake
(a) was obtained by means of fraud, false
representation or the concealment of any
material fact; or
(b) was effected or granted by mistake.
3.3.5 Procedural questions
The government does provide legal definitions of and provisions pertaining
to Malaysian citizenship in Article 14(1) along with the provisions in Part I
and Part II of the Second Schedule. However, there are no legal definitions
of or provisions on statelessness in Malaysia’s nationality laws.
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